OHL Oshawa Generals

Generals Complete Big Week

Published on November 18, 2018 under Ontario Hockey League (OHL)
Oshawa Generals News Release


The Oshawa Generals closed out the weekend tonight against the Niagara IceDogs at the Tribute Communities Centre. The Gens came into the game with a 12-7-2-0 record after two big back to back road wins against the Windsor Spitfires on Thursday and the Sarnia Sting on Friday. With momentum on their side, Oshawa looked to complete the weekend sweep with a two-point performance tonight against the IceDogs.

Before the game, members of the Oshawa Generals and Niagara IceDogs that have represented their respective countries at International tournaments were recognized for their achievements. The IceDogs had players represented at the Under 18 World Hockey Championship in Russia this past spring, including forwards Kyen Sopa playing for Team Switzerland and Akil Thomas dressing for Team Canada. IceDogs assistant coach Jody Hull also appeared on the bench with Team Canada. The Generals also had players represented at the Under 18 World Hockey Championship. Forwards Allan McShane and Serron Noel took the ice for Team Canada, and Gens defenceman Nico Gross represented Team Switzerland. Also recognized were IceDogs defenseman Lleyton Moore and Gens forwards Ty Tullio and Dylan Robinson for representing Canada in the World Under 17 Hockey Challenge.

1st Period:

The game began with two early roughing penalties going to both teams to put the play at 4-on-4. Shortly into the roughing penalties, the Gens got called on a tripping call to put them down 4-on-3. With some huge stops from Generals goaltender Kyle Keyser, Oshawa was able to kill off the penalty and return to even strength. Just after the twelve-minute mark of the period, The IceDogs took a slashing penalty to give the Gens their first powerplay of the game. Making no mistake on the chance, Nando Eggenberger passed the puck out of the corner to Giovanni Vallati on the point, who took a rocket shot that beat the IceDogs and put the Gens up 1-0. Keeping up their strong play, the Gens drew another penalty from Niagara to give them their second powerplay. Once again, the Gens powerplay unit capitalized on their chance, this time with Allan McShane potting a rebound past the IceDogs to give them a 2-0 lead. With four minutes left, Oshawa came close to extending their lead off a breakaway from Jack Studnicka, but the chance was turned away by Niagara goaltender Stephen Dhillon. In the last minute of the period, the Gens took a penalty for elbowing and managed to kill off the first minute of it to go into the second period ahead 2-0.

2nd Period:

The Gens opened the second period with a strong penalty kill effort to keep Niagara's powerplay off the board. Back at even strength, Nick Wong and Allan McShane nearly connected for a goal off a nice passing play in front of the IceDogs net. Four minutes into the period, Nando Eggenberger had a burst of speed in the neutral zone that drew a tripping penalty from the IceDogs. However, the Gens powerplay was short-lived after they took a penalty of their own to put the play at 4-on-4. With both of those penalties expiring and the play back at even strength, Keyser shot the puck out of play to give the Gens a delay of game penalty. The penalty troubles continued from there for Oshawa, with the Gens adding a crosschecking call to put them down 5-on-3. With the two-man advantage, the IceDogs were able to find the back of the Gens net and get them on the board. With six minutes left in the second, Niagara took a slashing penalty and a tripping penalty shortly after to give the Gens a long 5-on-3 opportunity. As the first penalty expired, Matt Brassard ripped a one timer off a pass from Danil Antropov that beat the IceDogs and put the Gens up 3-1. The goal marked Brassard's one hundredth career OHL point. Right after the Gens goal, the IceDogs added a tally of their own to put the game at 3-2 and get them back within one heading into the third period.

3rd Period:

The Gens came out strong to start the third, getting tons of good looks on the IceDogs net and coming close to adding to their 3-2 lead. Six minutes into the period, a scrum formed behind Niagara's net that resulted in the Gens getting two minutes in the box for roughing. On their powerplay, the IceDogs threw a puck at Keyser that was close to staying out of the net but upon further review was ruled a goal, tying the game at 3-3. With nine minutes remaining in the period, the Gens took a tripping penalty to put them down a man. Oshawa put on an amazing PK effort to kill of the penalty but got called for another one immediately after the first one expired. However, with another great kill they fought off the surging IceDogs and kept the game tied. After the kill, the Gens had a few more chances in the latter half of the period but couldn't put one past Niagara, putting the game into overtime.

Overtime:

Just thirty seconds into the overtime, Serron Noel and Jack Studnicka got a two on one that resulted in a Niagara penalty, putting Oshawa on a 4-on-3 powerplay. The Gens had some amazing opportunities, but Niagara's goalie stood tall to deny them. Back at 3-on-3, Kyle Keyser made an incredible save to keep the Gens alive. With only a minute left in overtime, Serron Noel entered the IceDogs zone and dropped the puck for Matt Brassard who took a perfect shot off the bar and in the net, giving the Gens a huge 4-3 win in overtime.

After their weekend sweep, the Gens will head to Ottawa to take on the 67's on Wednesday before a weekend at home against the Bulldogs on Friday and the Sting on Sunday.

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